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Letters Patent No. 79,833, dated July 14, 1868. l

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Hoym, of Bethel', in the county of Fairfield, andAState of Connecticut, have invented n. new and useful Machine for Sizing or Feiting Hat-Bodies; and I do declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the drawings, making a part of Vthis specicatiomwhich is e.` perspective viewpwith a part of the kettle or'tub andof the main post left oii, tosh'ow the operation of the several parts. Y l

A A-is the frame`B`B is the-tub or kettle, with a part of the side 'left ofi', to show the for-u1 of the corro-- gated bede a and its operation, theV front partof the tub Blforming the plank; (Dis tholrell.of hats, rolled up g in the cigth 6, 'one end of which is attached tothe roller ciso that thecloth may be let outor taken up, as 'the work `nmty'dema-nd, 'the roller d remaining'stationary while the work is gcigen; D is a segmentalrnbber, with the'under side corrugated the same asv the bed a a, to-correspond and work with it. The arnxs e e are fastened at the top to the lshaft E, which'forins a pivot"o'n which Athe segment D1 swings, und. being kept 'in .its .proper yposition-for a--piv'otby the connecting-hars Flione end of which claspsv the pivot-shaft Eandthel counter-'shaft' H with the other end. I I are two pitinen, connecting the. arms e' e with the whcelf-cranks fon'-the "co unter .shaft H. Thecounter-shaft is drivenby-the beltg from `the driving-shaft.K,'thc speed-of the shaft.H-'being regulated by. common4 pulleys. 4 f Y l It will be seen that when the oountervshai'tf-H-.isjdriven-threeghethef-beltgironi-the a l oscillating or swinging motion will be given to the rubber D, through the pitlnonll I, and 'the roll'of liats, 0,\ will be made-to rollback vand forth between the'rubber Dand'the bed-pieces a'a. The natural inclination'nf; the roll C to unroll is prevented by the position and4 form o'f vthe bed-a a, which inclinee mostly {rom-thesrcller el, to'which the cloth In is fastenedftheV inclination of the hed a preventing the roll C from slackeningfwhen moving towards the roller d, and tightening the roll as it comes back. As the hats wantchanging and inspecting often-while .being felto'd, the. rubber yD is easily raised by the treadle L through the cords z' i; which are fastened tothe cross-bar M on the treadle L, and, passing over the pulleys t, are fastened onthe other end to the'lpivotshaft E at m m. The roll C being thus released, i's drawn' forward to the operator on the plank B, and rearranged or crozed, whenit is agaiii rolled'up in the cloth b to its position under the rubber D, the treadle M; released,

and the work again goes on. l l

I The lower part of the bod a is hinged or pivoteda't N; so the sprng'oraises the lower part oi the bed a above the water-line p when the 'weight' of the rubber D is taken off, land the roll Gis adjusted witho'utexpcsing the hands to thc hot water.

To facilitate tile-useof-tlie machiuel'in sui'all shops where they 'have-no engine .or water-power, the pitmen I I-are detached from the artn's c fr, and the handle R, which, is easily nttache'dfto the shaft E andthe rubber D, asv-seen, er by any similar device, when, by raising thc-handle Rvup and down alternately, a swing-ing motion. is given to the rubber D, -as before, As it is desirable that the rubher'D should be' thrown forward, and be let down'on the roll in that position always, 'to insure a proper working ofthe roll G inthe machine, the wire springs S S, coiled around the pivot-shaft E, with the lower ends made fast in the rubber D,with theA upper lends so made that they'can be hooked under the connecting-bars F F, as shown in the dotted lines,-`thus helping to give the vibrntory`motion to the segment or rubber D. By extending the shafts'of the handle R beyond. the shaft E, a weight may be used for the same purpose as the springs S S.. A l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y J 1. The combination of the vibrating or swinging.segment'D,aud the.correspondingly-formed hed, a a, hinged or pivcted at N, it being elastically supported by the spring 0, substantially as herein described,` and for the purpose set forth.

2. The handlcR, shaft E, springs S S, and. swingingV segmenti), when arranged as described and for the l purpose specified." l

WM. H. HOYT. Witnesses: l

MORGAN Cnxrrnnorn, NATHAN Senter. 

